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Denna uppsats analyserar Liberalernas politiska strategi inför riksdagsvalet 2026, specifikt det ståndpunktsskifte från att avvisa ett regeringssamarbete med Sverigedemokraterna till att ingå i det så kallade Sverigelöftet. Syftet med detta arbete är att utreda i vilken utsträckning detta skiftet kan förstås som ett rationellt beslut utifrån aktörens (partiledare för Liberalerna, Simona Mohamsson)
This thesis examines how TikTok’s continuous circulation of content shapes the way travelers experience, anticipate, and recognize Japan as a tourist destination, and how the platform’s algorithmic curation governs travelers’ relationship with place and time. Existing research on tourism and digital media has extensively documented how platforms inform, inspire, and organize travel, treating techn
The European Union’s circular economy regulations are converging on manufacturers within a compressed 2026-2028 window: the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive with its European Sustainability Reporting Standard for Resource Use and Circular Economy module (CSRD-ESRS-E5), the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and its Digital Product Passport, the Battery and End-of-Life Vehicl
This study examines how the Swedish state-owned company Casino Cosmopol managed the tension between its profit mandate and its social responsibility during its operation from 2001 to 2025. The company held a state monopoly on physical casino gambling while carrying an explicit duty to limit gambling-related harm. Using a qualitative case study approach, the analysis draws on policy documents (gove
This paper examines the European Union's approach to Ukraine's EU accession. The EU enlargement has been predominantly understood as a normative process based on institutional criteria. However, the acceleration of the Ukrainian accession process raises questions about the growing role of strategic considerations. Drawing on realist theory and insights from geoeconomics, this thesis examin
Why do some United Nations peacekeeping operations undergo planned mandate transitions and exits, while others remain indefinitely entrenched in frozen conflicts? Conflict literature often assumes that mandate termination naturally follows objective operational success and institutional state-building on the ground. This thesis challenges that assumption, arguing instead that peacekeeping trajecto
Sammanfattning Digitaliseringen har inte främst förändrat vilka handlingar människor vill utföra. Vi betalar, identifierar oss och kommunicerar fortfarande, däremot sker dessa handlingar i allt högre grad genom digital infrastruktur och allt mer ofta med privata aktörer med beslutsmakt i avgörande led. Samma infrastruktur som kan göra vardagen enklare, men också skapar informationsflöden och beroeAbstract Digitalisation has changed the conditions under which people make payments, identify themselves and communicate. These actions increasingly depend on digital infrastructure, often operated by private actors. While such infrastructure facilitates participation, it may also create information flows and dependencies that individuals cannot themselves control. This thesis examines how these
This thesis investigates the framing of extrajudicial "crossfire" killings in English-language Bangladeshi news media by applying Robert Entman's (1993) framing theory alongside Edel and Josua's (2018) account of authoritarian legitimation. These frameworks have primarily been developed and tested on state rhetoric rather than journalistic texts. Utilizing a qualitative case-stud
With a core conviction that we should not accept a worldview that fuels ecological destruction and species extinction, this dissertation set out to find ways digital technologies create opportunities to construct alternative imaginaries. Following the assertion that meaning is made where global ideas meet local realities, this thesis employs a case study of Alveus, an animal sanctuary and virtual
The European Union (EU) implemented a new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2023 further reinforcing sustainability in the agricultural sector by setting goal of 25% organic agricultural area by 2030 (European Commission 2021). Previous research indicates that the EU might fail to reach that goal (Muska et al 2025), which could be assigned to the CAP lacking in policy measures beyond economic th
Endorsed by the UN Security Council in 2025, the Trump administration's twenty-point plan for Gaza reopened a question that peace processes have repeatedly settled without those they most concern: who authors Palestine's future. This thesis asks how the Palestinian diaspora in Sweden imagines the future of Palestine in light of the Trump framework for peace in Gaza. Drawing on semi-structu
This study aims to examine the individual experiences of former employees at The Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) to understand the ethical dilemmas that may arise and how they are handled. Through a combination of Michael Lipsky's findings on the nature of street-level bureaucracy, Thomas M. Jones' model of ethical decision making and Albert O. Hirschman's terminology, eigh
Denna studie undersöker hur polisanställda upplever att implementeringen av projektet Trygg relation – fri från våld har förändrat deras arbetsroll och dagliga arbete. Projektet bygger på strategin Intimate Partner Violence Intervention och syftar till att förebygga upprepat våld i nära relation genom tidiga insatser, ett ökat fokus på våldsutövare och myndighetssamverkan. Studien genomfördes som
This thesis examines the extent to which the European Union (EU) used normative power in its development cooperation with Ethiopia during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict. It uses Ian Manners’ framework on Normative Power Europe (NPE) to examine to what extent EU values were reflected in its response to the conflict. The study uses a qualitative case study design to analyse official EU documents on d
The Paris Agreement combines common global climate goals with nationally determined commitments, leaving states considerable room to adapt implementation to their own circumstances. The aim of this thesis is to examine how global goal-based governance interacts with national conditions in international climate cooperation. With special focus on how national policy space shapes states’ climate stra
This study examines how pornography is constructed in Swedish opinion media, focusing on how power, responsibility, and vulnerability are discursively distributed among gendered subjects. The study is grounded in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and draws on Michel Foucault’s theories of discourse and power, Judith Butler’s theory of vulnerability, and Kimberlé Crenshaw’s theory of intersectional
Combining high-contrast imaging (HCI) with high-resolution spectroscopy (HRS) is one of the leading strategies for the next generation of direct-imaging instruments on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). HCI suppresses the host star’s light spatially through adaptive optics and coronagraphy, while HRS suppresses it spectrally by exploiting the Doppler-shifted molecular lines in the planet’s atmos
To study Si and Fe based microwires coated with TiN we will need to design and test a cell on a tabletop X-ray setup called easyXAFS300. To do this we have developed a X-ray absorption spectroscopy spectroelectrical (XAS-SEC) cell. To test the easyX- AFS300 equipment on the soft part of the X-ray spectrum we have cooperated with Hang Yin to measure a Lanthanum halide compound Cs3LaCl6. These compo
Biosensors are powerful analytical tools, but their wider application is limited by the natural repertoire of available biological recognition elements. Allosteric transcription factors (aTFs) are attractive scaffolds for expanding this repertoire, but redesigning them to detect novel ligands has historically relied on directed evolution and structure-guided rational design, approaches that are la
